Error "is not a valid member" when trying to check if something exists

[BlueBloxBlast]

I’m trying to check if a player has gui and it keeps giving an error in the output that said it is not a valid member. I’m using:

if player.PlayerGui.Gui then

if you know how to fix it, please reply!

[AustnBlox (Austin)]

You always use :WaitForChild() when getting the PlayerGui via a LocalScript otherwise your code will cause errors:

local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

[xendatro]

Use FindFirstChild to see if a child is a member of a parent at the current instant.

if player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Gui") then

or if it’s PlayerGui that’s not a valid member:

if player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):FindFirstChild("Gui") then

(if you’re handling this locally, you need to wait for playergui to load in on spawn)

[BlueBloxBlast]

Hmm… I tried it and it didn’t work!

[AustnBlox (Austin)]

Is ‘Gui’ even a valid member of PlayerGui?

You may need to wait for both:

if player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("Gui") then

[BlueBloxBlast]

It worked! Thanks so much! You too, @AustnBlox!